#luxon — Public Fediverse posts
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From Darien Fenton on #Facebook (with hashtags added here):
'What Andrea #Vance said in The Post today:
'Andrea Vance: If a foreign diplomat can stand up to Peters, why can’t #Luxon?
'OPINION: ...
'Only weeks ago, #NZFirst proposed stripping around half a million permanent residents of voting rights. Last month its #Mumbai-born Upper Harbour #candidate Bernadette Soares suggested temporarily closing the border to migrants.
'...In April deputy leader #ShaneJones dismissed a trade deal with #India by saying he didn't want a “butter chicken tsunami” coming to New Zealand.
'Do not diminish any of this as empty parliamentary theatre.
'This is the exact playbook of Donald #Trump’s #MAGA movement. That is precisely how the rhetoric took root in the United States: first non-white #migrants were scapegoated and their #loyalty questioned, #voting rights were stripped, then border control was militarised, ICE raids become routine, and the civic fabric of a nation was torn apart.
'To secure his own #political survival, Peters is dragging New Zealand down the same toxic path as the US and the UK, actively importing hyper-polarisation and fracturing social cohesion until the country becomes as divided and ungovernable as Washington or Westminster.'Its also straight out of another playbook: Peters’ own campaign manual.
He has long understood the value of provoking governing partners into overreacting and then presenting himself as the aggrieved victim.
'Which leaves Christopher Luxon with a problem of his own making.
'By failing to draw a line early in the coalition, he allowed Peters to define where the line sits. Sack him now and Peters claims martyrdom. Keep him, and Luxon owns both the behaviour and the message it sends.
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From Darien Fenton on #Facebook (with hashtags added here):
'What Andrea #Vance said in The Post today:
'Andrea Vance: If a foreign diplomat can stand up to Peters, why can’t #Luxon?
'OPINION: ...
'Only weeks ago, #NZFirst proposed stripping around half a million permanent residents of voting rights. Last month its #Mumbai-born Upper Harbour #candidate Bernadette Soares suggested temporarily closing the border to migrants.
'...In April deputy leader #ShaneJones dismissed a trade deal with #India by saying he didn't want a “butter chicken tsunami” coming to New Zealand.
'Do not diminish any of this as empty parliamentary theatre.
'This is the exact playbook of Donald #Trump’s #MAGA movement. That is precisely how the rhetoric took root in the United States: first non-white #migrants were scapegoated and their #loyalty questioned, #voting rights were stripped, then border control was militarised, ICE raids become routine, and the civic fabric of a nation was torn apart.
'To secure his own #political survival, Peters is dragging New Zealand down the same toxic path as the US and the UK, actively importing hyper-polarisation and fracturing social cohesion until the country becomes as divided and ungovernable as Washington or Westminster.'Its also straight out of another playbook: Peters’ own campaign manual.
He has long understood the value of provoking governing partners into overreacting and then presenting himself as the aggrieved victim.
'Which leaves Christopher Luxon with a problem of his own making.
'By failing to draw a line early in the coalition, he allowed Peters to define where the line sits. Sack him now and Peters claims martyrdom. Keep him, and Luxon owns both the behaviour and the message it sends.
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No, however in his final full year as CEO of NZ state owned airline, Air New Zealand, we did, unfortunately, see Christopher Luxon receive a short-term bonus of NZ$1.62 million, alongside his base salary of NZ$1.47 million and additional share rights worth roughly $808,000. His total remuneration package for that year was NZ$4.7 million.
I would suggest that with his fellow corrupt politicians and associates on the board of Air NZ awarding #Luxon these undemocratic bonuses that this should be considered public theft. #NZPol
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No, however in his final full year as CEO of NZ state owned airline, Air New Zealand, we did, unfortunately, see Christopher Luxon receive a short-term bonus of NZ$1.62 million, alongside his base salary of NZ$1.47 million and additional share rights worth roughly $808,000. His total remuneration package for that year was NZ$4.7 million.
I would suggest that with his fellow corrupt politicians and associates on the board of Air NZ awarding #Luxon these undemocratic bonuses that this should be considered public theft. #NZPol
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At this point #Luxon and his #NZPol coalition of crooks have become a huge liability to #Aotearoa #NewZealand trade, economy and environment.
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At this point #Luxon and his #NZPol coalition of crooks have become a huge liability to #Aotearoa #NewZealand trade, economy and environment.
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#NewZealand writer Eugene Doyle of Solidarity joins Pascal Lettaz of Neutrality Studies to discuss the #NZPol Prime Minister Chris Luxon and his RW government’s abandoning of the NZers kidnapped from the #SumudFlotilla in international waters and beaten by Israel terrorists.
This interview breaks down the shameful complicity of #Luxon along with #AusPol PM #Albanese and western governments in the #genocide occurring in #Gaza and allowing #Israel to torture civilian citizens of #NZ and #Australia.
Note the absolute silence of these #CrimesAgainstHumanity in #NZMedia and #AusMedia also complicit in these appalling crimes being committed by #Israel.
Regardless of what you think of PM Luxon and foreign affairs minister Winston Peters as politicians there’s no doubt that they are #WarCriminals failing to uphold their obligations to support NZ citizens being tortured for attempting to provide international humanitarian aid.
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#NewZealand writer Eugene Doyle of Solidarity joins Pascal Lettaz of Neutrality Studies to discuss the #NZPol Prime Minister Chris Luxon and his RW government’s abandoning of the NZers kidnapped from the #SumudFlotilla in international waters and beaten by Israel terrorists.
This interview breaks down the shameful complicity of #Luxon along with #AusPol PM #Albanese and western governments in the #genocide occurring in #Gaza and allowing #Israel to torture civilian citizens of #NZ and #Australia.
Note the absolute silence of these #CrimesAgainstHumanity in #NZMedia and #AusMedia also complicit in these appalling crimes being committed by #Israel.
Regardless of what you think of PM Luxon and foreign affairs minister Winston Peters as politicians there’s no doubt that they are #WarCriminals failing to uphold their obligations to support NZ citizens being tortured for attempting to provide international humanitarian aid.
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CW: NZ - Luxon vs OECD
In their annual country report for NZ, the OECD concluded that National's over-priced gas terminal locking in fossil dependence is, and I paraphrase, a stupid idea.
"... and instead recommended investment in non-gas generation like biomass or pumped hydro."
But Christopher Luxon reckons that he knows better than the OECD and claims that their warning on the government's LNG plans are "a load of rubbish."
"Luxon said the coalition government was not going to tolerate "bumper sticker" policies or the sort of "kumbaya and mush" that Labour pursued while it was in power."
Putting aside the immorality of promoting fossil fuels over renewables, a deeply unpopular NZ Prime Minister describing the collective wisdom of the OECD as "kumbaya and mush" is one for the record books.
Dunning-Kruger appears to be getting the better of our PM. The man's an utter embarrassment.
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CW: NZ - Luxon vs OECD
In their annual country report for NZ, the OECD concluded that National's over-priced gas terminal locking in fossil dependence is, and I paraphrase, a stupid idea.
"... and instead recommended investment in non-gas generation like biomass or pumped hydro."
But Christopher Luxon reckons that he knows better than the OECD and claims that their warning on the government's LNG plans are "a load of rubbish."
"Luxon said the coalition government was not going to tolerate "bumper sticker" policies or the sort of "kumbaya and mush" that Labour pursued while it was in power."
Putting aside the immorality of promoting fossil fuels over renewables, a deeply unpopular NZ Prime Minister describing the collective wisdom of the OECD as "kumbaya and mush" is one for the record books.
Dunning-Kruger appears to be getting the better of our PM. The man's an utter embarrassment.
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"The roundtable, hosted by ANZ Bank, was to have "open and constructive conversation" about how things could be done better."
AKA roundtable says Luxon is dumb
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"The roundtable, hosted by ANZ Bank, was to have "open and constructive conversation" about how things could be done better."
AKA roundtable says Luxon is dumb
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Never forget who #Luxon and his coalition of criminals are defending.
#NZPol #Epstein #EpsteinFiles -
Never forget who #Luxon and his coalition of criminals are defending.
#NZPol #Epstein #EpsteinFiles -
CW: Oil crisis - NZ Labour finds its voice
Chris Hipkins pops up after a long absence and claims National are not prepared for the incoming oil shock.
Given the IMF's warning that the fuel crisis is likely to lead to a global recession, Hipkins seems close to the mark.
Luxon responded, that was why the government was "focused on avoiding the mistakes seen during the Covid response."
Pardon? Is this somehow Labour's fault?
It seems bizarre that Luxon isn't considering options like carless days and working from home, as many other countries are already doing. Especially when NZ is right at the far end of the supply chain.
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Please... take a moment to appreciate this classic gobbledygook from Luxon as he tries to think on his feet.
"What I agree with is we want this resolved as quickly as possible. We want the parties negotiating, I know ceasefire negotiations, you know, we want ceasefire will remain holding, we want the parties negotiating a negotiated settlement."
It's embarrassing that this inadequate man leads our country.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/fuel-latest-stocks-drop-remain-stable-rnz
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CW: Oil crisis - NZ Labour finds its voice
Chris Hipkins pops up after a long absence and claims National are not prepared for the incoming oil shock.
Given the IMF's warning that the fuel crisis is likely to lead to a global recession, Hipkins seems close to the mark.
Luxon responded, that was why the government was "focused on avoiding the mistakes seen during the Covid response."
Pardon? Is this somehow Labour's fault?
It seems bizarre that Luxon isn't considering options like carless days and working from home, as many other countries are already doing. Especially when NZ is right at the far end of the supply chain.
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Please... take a moment to appreciate this classic gobbledygook from Luxon as he tries to think on his feet.
"What I agree with is we want this resolved as quickly as possible. We want the parties negotiating, I know ceasefire negotiations, you know, we want ceasefire will remain holding, we want the parties negotiating a negotiated settlement."
It's embarrassing that this inadequate man leads our country.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/fuel-latest-stocks-drop-remain-stable-rnz
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The Iranians are correct. #Luxon #Peters #Seymour and any other #NZPol parties complicit in the war crimes and crimes against humanity being carried out by #US, #Israel and their allies can expect to find themselves in the #Hague charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity sometime in the future.
Never forgive never forget.
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The Iranians are correct. #Luxon #Peters #Seymour and any other #NZPol parties complicit in the war crimes and crimes against humanity being carried out by #US, #Israel and their allies can expect to find themselves in the #Hague charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity sometime in the future.
Never forgive never forget.
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@zl2tod @Niall @runoutgroover Indeed! The absolute temerity. No wonder #Luxon needed to tell them off.
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@zl2tod @Niall @runoutgroover Indeed! The absolute temerity. No wonder #Luxon needed to tell them off.
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The only ethical, moral and legal decision this #Luxon #NZPol government should be making with regard to the illegal and immoral war against Iran in defence of the child molesting, genocidal #Epstein Empire is to advise #Trump and his rogue state to either surrender immediately or be isolated from any alliance with #Aotearoa #NewZealand.
In the meantime if this government had any sense it would be making arrangements to buy its oil, fertiliser and any other commodities that need to travel through the Strait of Hormuz using the Chinese yuan.
Sadly, this govt seems determined to support NZ being taken down with the failing US dollar.
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The only ethical, moral and legal decision this #Luxon #NZPol government should be making with regard to the illegal and immoral war against Iran in defence of the child molesting, genocidal #Epstein Empire is to advise #Trump and his rogue state to either surrender immediately or be isolated from any alliance with #Aotearoa #NewZealand.
In the meantime if this government had any sense it would be making arrangements to buy its oil, fertiliser and any other commodities that need to travel through the Strait of Hormuz using the Chinese yuan.
Sadly, this govt seems determined to support NZ being taken down with the failing US dollar.
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Trump has just threatened to attack Greenland if NATO doesn’t help him in his illegal war with Iran.
With NZ coward in chief Christopher #Luxon supporting the pedophile president is he not only abandoning international law but also NZ’s European allies while backing blackmail as a legitimate tactic?
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Trump has just threatened to attack Greenland if NATO doesn’t help him in his illegal war with Iran.
With NZ coward in chief Christopher #Luxon supporting the pedophile president is he not only abandoning international law but also NZ’s European allies while backing blackmail as a legitimate tactic?
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It is really easy to understand why #Luxon likes #Trump so much when you understand they're both con artists.
#NZPol #DitchThePricksIn26 -
It is really easy to understand why #Luxon likes #Trump so much when you understand they're both con artists.
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Yesterday Helen Clark rightly condemned the Trump regime's illegal and ongoing attacks on Iran, in breach of international law. Today's Stuff headline proclaims "Christopher Luxon hits back".
But does he? Really?
"Meanwhile on RNZ, Luxon refused to explicitly say whether New Zealand supports the Iran strikes or not."
"Asked if the strikes were the right thing to do morally, Luxon danced around the subject."
It strikes me that "Spineless Luxon dances on the head of a pin" might have been a more accurate headline.
Our PM lacks a moral backbone.
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Yesterday Helen Clark rightly condemned the Trump regime's illegal and ongoing attacks on Iran, in breach of international law. Today's Stuff headline proclaims "Christopher Luxon hits back".
But does he? Really?
"Meanwhile on RNZ, Luxon refused to explicitly say whether New Zealand supports the Iran strikes or not."
"Asked if the strikes were the right thing to do morally, Luxon danced around the subject."
It strikes me that "Spineless Luxon dances on the head of a pin" might have been a more accurate headline.
Our PM lacks a moral backbone.
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Chris #Luxon is very good at not answering any questions. It’s not up to the #US and #Israel to determine if the strikes on #Iran are a breach of international law. It’s up to the international community, including NZ, to determine if their very thin justifications under Article 51 stack up.
The NZ Prime Minister should be able to take a stand, either one way or the other. Not being blown around in the wind of the breath of whichever interviewer is asking him questions at the time.
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Chris #Luxon is very good at not answering any questions. It’s not up to the #US and #Israel to determine if the strikes on #Iran are a breach of international law. It’s up to the international community, including NZ, to determine if their very thin justifications under Article 51 stack up.
The NZ Prime Minister should be able to take a stand, either one way or the other. Not being blown around in the wind of the breath of whichever interviewer is asking him questions at the time.
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CW: NZPol, Climate Change
We could have been doing this with your stupid prop-up-the-fossil-fuel-industry-and-lock-the-country-in-deeper billions!
#NZPol
#ClimateChange
#CoalitionOfChaos @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wfuybzxgaqfpzfn242rvexzb/post/3menidv3t3i23 -
CW: NZPol, Climate Change
We could have been doing this with your stupid prop-up-the-fossil-fuel-industry-and-lock-the-country-in-deeper billions!
#NZPol
#ClimateChange
#CoalitionOfChaos @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wfuybzxgaqfpzfn242rvexzb/post/3menidv3t3i23 -
CW: NZpol
"Precisely 16 days after #Luxon said he’d be back at work, and in between sharing Spotify playlists and selfies, while staying silent on #Greenland, #Venezuela, Manage My Health’s serious data breach, Trump’s attack on central #bank independence and devastating, “tragic” Northland #floods, the Prime Minister returned to face the public."
Thus Mountain Tūī - <[email protected]> - starts the evaluation of the NZ PM's "state of the nation" speech, described as "Performative and factually distant from his government's track record".
"... ~140,000 Kiwi citizens that have chosen to make their home overseas...200 a day."
"Only days ago, it was confirmed that business liquidations hit 15 year highs and business removals 10 year highs. "
"By job count, there were ~42,000 fewer filled jobs in New Zealand than when National was elected. Job seekers are “exhausted” and at wit’s end with hundreds and in other cases, thousands of job applicants, per role - while mental health pressures continue to increase as a result.
"#Meth use ... continues to skyrocket too, #cocaine use is firmly up, and organised #crime is enjoying tremendous success ... ."
"National’s frontline job cuts that saw customs, paedophile management and organised crime staff culled last year comes to mind.
"So too #police budget cuts.
"Not for the first time, #union warning signs were right - last year, the PSA last announced the National led Coalition was going “soft on organised crime” ... .""After the event, Simon Bridges criticised Luxon as not providing sufficient vision or support for Auckland businesses"
One substack comment (from James Wilkes, who has a doctorate in business) included: "Good grief, NZ media, please, bury this guy, ... . You cannot give a state-of-the-nation speech and leave out #climate change, geopolitical tension, Greenland, Venezuela, #Trump’s lawlessness, #inequality and #poverty, #health, and then provide zero vision, zero leadership, zero strategy, and zero hope. "
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CW: NZpol
"Precisely 16 days after #Luxon said he’d be back at work, and in between sharing Spotify playlists and selfies, while staying silent on #Greenland, #Venezuela, Manage My Health’s serious data breach, Trump’s attack on central #bank independence and devastating, “tragic” Northland #floods, the Prime Minister returned to face the public."
Thus Mountain Tūī - <[email protected]> - starts the evaluation of the NZ PM's "state of the nation" speech, described as "Performative and factually distant from his government's track record".
"... ~140,000 Kiwi citizens that have chosen to make their home overseas...200 a day."
"Only days ago, it was confirmed that business liquidations hit 15 year highs and business removals 10 year highs. "
"By job count, there were ~42,000 fewer filled jobs in New Zealand than when National was elected. Job seekers are “exhausted” and at wit’s end with hundreds and in other cases, thousands of job applicants, per role - while mental health pressures continue to increase as a result.
"#Meth use ... continues to skyrocket too, #cocaine use is firmly up, and organised #crime is enjoying tremendous success ... ."
"National’s frontline job cuts that saw customs, paedophile management and organised crime staff culled last year comes to mind.
"So too #police budget cuts.
"Not for the first time, #union warning signs were right - last year, the PSA last announced the National led Coalition was going “soft on organised crime” ... .""After the event, Simon Bridges criticised Luxon as not providing sufficient vision or support for Auckland businesses"
One substack comment (from James Wilkes, who has a doctorate in business) included: "Good grief, NZ media, please, bury this guy, ... . You cannot give a state-of-the-nation speech and leave out #climate change, geopolitical tension, Greenland, Venezuela, #Trump’s lawlessness, #inequality and #poverty, #health, and then provide zero vision, zero leadership, zero strategy, and zero hope. "
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If #Luxon does end #homelessness, who's going to guard the shop #doorways in Queen Street overnight?
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Security Guards
If Luxon does end homelessness, who’s going to guard the shop doorways in Queen Street overnight?
#AucklandComedy #Coalition #Comedy #Luxon #NZComedy #ShopDoorways #Unemployed
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The thing is NZF and National both know what a colossal political fk up passing the RSB was, but they're the only ones responsible for passing it. You can't blame Act, it was their party's policy.
The New Zealand Regulatory Standards Bill received approximately159,000 written submissions on the bill with [insert drum roll] 🥁 98.7% of those submissions opposing the bill.
I reckon there will always be a roll on position available to #Luxon at the deodorant factory should he need it.
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The thing is NZF and National both know what a colossal political fk up passing the RSB was, but they're the only ones responsible for passing it. You can't blame Act, it was their party's policy.
The New Zealand Regulatory Standards Bill received approximately159,000 written submissions on the bill with [insert drum roll] 🥁 98.7% of those submissions opposing the bill.
I reckon there will always be a roll on position available to #Luxon at the deodorant factory should he need it.
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I will refrain from judgement until i see the policy, but #Luxon saying it should be "...easier to get things done" is a worry when what he wants to get done is make everything worse.
#RNZ: 'Serious shake-up' of #LocalGovernment imminent https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579884/serious-shake-up-of-local-government-imminent #nzpol
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I will refrain from judgement until i see the policy, but #Luxon saying it should be "...easier to get things done" is a worry when what he wants to get done is make everything worse.
#RNZ: 'Serious shake-up' of #LocalGovernment imminent https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579884/serious-shake-up-of-local-government-imminent #nzpol
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Prominent #Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon has filed a human rights complaint to the #UN over "systemic discrimination" of Māori in #NewZealand.
In her submission, Moxon alleges a "significant and persistent pattern of political racial discrimination against iwi Māori" and that since late 2023* a series of government actions have reversed progress towards fulfilling New Zealand's obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
* Late 2023 represents the election of the current #NZPol #Luxon led coalition of colonialists, prioritising and working for foreign interests such as #AtlasNetwork the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex extractive businesses #FossilFuels and #Mining.
The founding document of #Aotearoa NZ #TeTiritiOWaitangi serves as a safeguard against foreign exploitation and environmental destruction. The divisive attacks against both te tiriti and the #indigenous Māori is a threat to all people who call NZ home whether they be tangata whenua or tangata tiriti.
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Prominent #Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon has filed a human rights complaint to the #UN over "systemic discrimination" of Māori in #NewZealand.
In her submission, Moxon alleges a "significant and persistent pattern of political racial discrimination against iwi Māori" and that since late 2023* a series of government actions have reversed progress towards fulfilling New Zealand's obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
* Late 2023 represents the election of the current #NZPol #Luxon led coalition of colonialists, prioritising and working for foreign interests such as #AtlasNetwork the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex extractive businesses #FossilFuels and #Mining.
The founding document of #Aotearoa NZ #TeTiritiOWaitangi serves as a safeguard against foreign exploitation and environmental destruction. The divisive attacks against both te tiriti and the #indigenous Māori is a threat to all people who call NZ home whether they be tangata whenua or tangata tiriti.
